用法:
1 (a) giving a picture in words 描述的; 描写的:
a descriptive passage in a novel 小说中的一段描写.
(b) describing sth with skill 精於描述的:
a very descriptive account of a journey 对旅程十分生动的叙述 *
The report was so descriptive, I felt as if I were there. 这报道写得活色生香, 我也宛如身临其境.

用法:
2 (grammar) describing how language is actually used, without giving rules for how it ought to be used 描写语言的（描述语言的使用实况而不规定使用规则的）.

• well-founded
• well-head (also `well-spring)
• well-heeled
• well-informed
• wellington
• well-intentioned
• well-known
• well-meaning
• well-meant
• wellnigh
• well-oiled
• well-preserved
• well-read
• well-rounded
• well-spoken
• well-thought-of
• well-thumbed
• well-timed
• well-to-do
• well-tried
• well-turned
• well-versed
• well-wisher
• well-worn
• welly